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Show 1 o'cgaoj " RANT WILLIAMS, handsome, dark-blond actor with star or featured credits in 13 motion pictures, pic-tures, 49 stage plays and some 70 television shows, is the latest addition ad-dition to the Warner Bros, star roster ... He plays private detective de-tective Greg MacKenzle in the ABC-TV "Hawaiian Eye" series ... Of all his roles, Williams, who Is 29, prefers to be remembered remem-bered for his one-man movie for Universal, "The Incredible Shrinking Shrink-ing Man," made in 1957, and the title role in the Walt Disney ABC-TV ABC-TV show, "The Peter Tchaikovsky Tchaikov-sky Story" In 1959. At present, he is combining his TV acting in "Hawaiian Eye" with the romantic lead opposite Connie Stevens in the Warners feature film "Susan Slade," now in production pro-duction ... In "Eye" he shares honors with Anthony Elsley, Robert Conrad and Miss Stevens . . . Though born in New York City, Grant attended high school in Glasgow, Scotland for two years . . . He later was graduated from Andrew Jackson High School In Queens, N. Y. . . . His parents, natives of Scotland, now reside in Cambria Heights, N. Y. ... His full name is John Grant Williams. In 1948, Grant enrolled in Queens College, but he soon joined the U.S. Air Force . . . After he had seen service at B-29 bases in Okinawa, Japan and Korea, he concluded his studies at Columbia University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree . . . During his service with the Air Force, he produced, directed and acted in shows at Chanute Field, 111. and in Tokyo and acted In 127 ISO plays In Okinawa and Japan . . . Later he took dramatic training with the noted Lee Strasberg, did considerable summer theatre and stock work and had leads in two short-lived Broadway productions. He also became active In eastern TV, playing leads in Alcoa Theatre, productions and many others . . . |